Video interviews
Matt Vengrin, known as “Plattsburgh” on PokerStars, is one of the hottest young online tournament professionals going today. He is known as “ENGMONEY” on UB.com, “mattyv” on Full Tilt Poker and “MATT_VENGRIN” on Absolute Poker. Vengrin has been playing professionally for a number of years and is a big supporter of PocketFives.com. A big win… Read more »
Ali Nejad is the announcer for NBC’s Poker After Dark as well as the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. He joins us from The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, where he talks about poker, his career and where he is hoping to branch out to in the future. He attended the World Poker Tour’s recent… Read more »
This interview was taped from the Red Carpet at the WSOP Ante Up for Africa charity event with founders Annie Duke and Don Cheadle. The charity event takes place every year from the World Series of Poker and raises money and awareness for those suffering in the continent of Africa. Ante Up For Africa is… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s Executive Producer, Joe Grimm, is interviewed from The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles which is hosting the Legends of Poker WPT event. Grimm was on hand at “The Bike” to watch auditions for a new segment which will appear during Season 9 of the WPT, dubbed “The Raw Deal”. The segment… Read more »
The co-hosts of the World Poker Tour join us from the auditions for “The Raw Deal” at The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten were on hand in the audition area to see some of the try-outs from the general public to see who would get… Read more »
Vanessa Selbst is interviewed at the PokerStars cocktail party from the World Series of Poker at the official gathering announcing that she is now a member of Team PokerStars Pro. She joins the team along with David Williams, who was coming off a win at the WPT Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Selbst… Read more »
Joe Hachem won the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event and has been a force in poker ever since. While other winners of the Main Event since the Moneymaker effect went into place have for the most part been one-hit wonders, Hachem has continued to excel in the game. His first major tournament won… Read more »
As Alexa Fisher was showing interest in basic numbers, she ended up learning with a deck of cards. Being 3 years old, she noticed the relationship to the playing cards in hand and on TV, she wanted to “learn that game” Texas Hold’em. At 7 years old, already knowing every game played at the WSOP,… Read more »
Joe Cada is the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion and joins Bernard Lee in his latest installment of “The Hijack Seat” right here on Poker News Daily. Cada, before he won the biggest tournament in the world, was an online Heads-Up cash game specialist for three year prior. He had gone through… Read more »
Norman Chad is the co-host of ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker and his color commentary often draws the biggest laughs in the industry. Combining poker wit with sharp humor, Chad is an industry favorite alongside his longtime broadcasting companion, Lon McEachern. Chad is a sportswriter by trade and a syndicated columnist for… Read more »
Jason Mercier, a sponsored pro at PokerStars, joins us in a new segment called Hot Tub Interview. This unique format was filmed at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada at the famed “Real World Suite” in the very hot tub that Trishelle Cannatella had three-way sex in during an episode of the… Read more »
Gavin Smith, fresh off his WSOP Bracelet victory, joins Poker News Daily courtesy of “The Hijack Seat” which is hosted by Bernard Lee. In this interview, Smith talks about what it was like to win his first WSOP bracelet. Smith won the bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker Event 44, the $2,500 buy-in… Read more »
Frank Kassela is a player that took his game to the next level during the 2010 World Series of Poker. He was the only man able to win multiple bracelets, assuming that Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi does not win the Main Event in November. If Mizrachi fails to win it all, then Kassela will officially… Read more »
Jared Tendler is one of the most respected names in the world of mental game coaching in the poker industry. He was originally brought into the world of poker by Dusty “Leatherass” Schmidt and became a coach on Stox Poker. From there he gained clients, including Matt “mbolt1” Bolt and other top online professionals. Currently… Read more »
Doyle Brunson is the living legend of poker and joins Bernard Lee for an interview which was filmed a few days ago during the World Series of Poker. Brunson is an old school icon who played in the days when players had guns in their pockets and the law after them at every turn. At… Read more »
Tiffany Michelle joined us at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event, a day after she had concluded her Day 1A. A sponsored pro at UB.com, Michelle was a reporter doing on the floor interviews for a news site before she made her own splash at the tables. Her main claim to poker fame… Read more »
Phil Gordon joins Dan Cypra from the floor of the red carpet special in honor of the recently completed Ante Up for Africa charity tournament. Gordon is a professional poker player that was already independently wealthy before coming into the game. Born in Texas, he graduated from Georgia Tech at the age of 20 in… Read more »
Jonathan Duhamel is the chip leader for the 2010 WSOP November Nine. The Quebec native entered Day 7 in 7th out of 27 places but was able to take a hot run on Day 8 to take a massive chip lead in the world’s biggest poker tournament. Previously in this World Series of Poker, Duhamel… Read more »
Jason Senti was one of the chip leaders when play ended on Day 7 with only 27 players remaining. His chip stack for the better part of Day 8 remained in the 13-15 million neighborhood until play was down to just 10 players. Things weren’t going so well for Senti but he was able to… Read more »
Filippo Candio is the last European player standing in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event and has made the prestigious November Nine. The 25-year-old Italian poker player hails from Cagliari, Italy and is known as both a live tournament player and an online cash game player. He previous won the Italian Pro Championship… Read more »
Soi Nguyen is this year’s everyday average Joe as the only true amateur in the November Nine field. The oldest competitor remaining at 37-years-old, the Santa Ana, CA native is playing in just his fourth live poker tournament ever. He does have a cash in the L.A. Poker Classic to his credit, so he’s not… Read more »
Matthew Jarvis is a member of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event November Nine. On his way to poker fame he was able to make several critical knockouts including Benjamin Statz in 16th place and Full Tilt Poker pro Scott Clements in 18th place when his A-K held up against A-Q. The biggest… Read more »
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi has had one of the most amazing World Series runs in history and joins us moments after clinching his spot in the 2010 WSOP November Nine. He comes in as the most accomplished professional poker player who has bracelets and WPT titles to his name. So far in his career he… Read more »
John Racener joins us shortly after making the November Nine and discusses what this feat means to him and what events lead up to this amazing run. Racener, who is known online as “$JMONEY$” made the 2010 WSOP November Nine thanks to some sick poker skills and of course, a little run-good. In this interview… Read more »
John Dolan joins us after making the coveted 2010 WSOP November Nine. Dolan is a young online pro from Fort Myers, Florida and paid his own way into the World Series of Poker Main Event. Dolan will enter the final table of play when it resumes in November with the second largest chip stack at… Read more »
